My god yes. Liberals have this borderline conspiracy theory that the right has some master plan to enact fascism, kill their “enemies”. Ahhh!
No. They don’t. They simply going with what works to get votes. That’s all that ever has, or ever will, count. Why else this GOP war on voters? They’re not looking to take over the country in some masterful coup. They’re just trying to hang in, by hook or by crook, because they so goddamned always lose, and their future looks bleaker by the second.
But the left HAS to believe that there’s some sort of plan, someone calling the shots. Same reason the COVID nuts arose. They can’t face the horror that this is random, organic, unplanned history. “Someone must be controlling all this!”
They’re not drilling down trans -> gay -> black -> all-liberals on purpose. That’s simply the natural outcome. Go for the smallest, therefore weakest, demographic. Score some wins? Go after the next demographic. Fascism is where it ends, but they’re not planning it, it’s just the natural outcome of hate and desperation. (I’d argue fascism is already here.)
Imagine a pride of lions with a limited pool of prey. They start with the weak, sick, elderly. Once those targets are gone, move up to the next weakest. Not like the lions have some PLAN, they’re merely doing what they have to do to survive.
Let’s see who we all think is saying this: “My opponent is weak and stupid, but also powerful and wily!”
Look, the left is nowhere near as shameless in their hypocrisy as the right. Especially not the politicians. But the voters? They’re singing the same tune about the opposition.
“Desantis is an idiot, running his own state into the ground! Can’t govern a potato factory!”
“Desantis is far smarter than Trump, a truly dangerous man! Hitler 2.0!”
Someone will come along to explain how he’s BOTH at once, but I think everyone gets my drift. The default take should be, “Dangerous as hell because they’re in a corner trying to survive and, like a lion, they have no morals.”
Sorry /u/Pratai@lemmy.ca, didn’t mean to unload on your post. Needed it off my chest. It’s just all so frustrating when it’s all so obvious.
And BTW, y’all are as distracted by the GOPs culture war as their voters are. Nothing matters, NOTHING, when they’re actively taking our votes away. We slam-dunk win ALL of these battles if we’re allowed to vote.
Yep. Pretty much. There is a clearly define deference between the politician’s agenda, and the voter’s agenda. And that difference is belief. The politician doesn’t believe the bullshit. They’re selling it for votes.
The voter DOES believe the bullshit. Any they’re clearly buying it for the promise of safety.
My god yes. Liberals have this borderline conspiracy theory that the right has some master plan to enact fascism, kill their “enemies”. Ahhh!
No. They don’t. They simply going with what works to get votes. That’s all that ever has, or ever will, count. Why else this GOP war on voters? They’re not looking to take over the country in some masterful coup. They’re just trying to hang in, by hook or by crook, because they so goddamned always lose, and their future looks bleaker by the second.
But the left HAS to believe that there’s some sort of plan, someone calling the shots. Same reason the COVID nuts arose. They can’t face the horror that this is random, organic, unplanned history. “Someone must be controlling all this!”
They’re not drilling down trans -> gay -> black -> all-liberals on purpose. That’s simply the natural outcome. Go for the smallest, therefore weakest, demographic. Score some wins? Go after the next demographic. Fascism is where it ends, but they’re not planning it, it’s just the natural outcome of hate and desperation. (I’d argue fascism is already here.)
Imagine a pride of lions with a limited pool of prey. They start with the weak, sick, elderly. Once those targets are gone, move up to the next weakest. Not like the lions have some PLAN, they’re merely doing what they have to do to survive.
Let’s see who we all think is saying this: “My opponent is weak and stupid, but also powerful and wily!”
Look, the left is nowhere near as shameless in their hypocrisy as the right. Especially not the politicians. But the voters? They’re singing the same tune about the opposition.
“Desantis is an idiot, running his own state into the ground! Can’t govern a potato factory!”
“Desantis is far smarter than Trump, a truly dangerous man! Hitler 2.0!”
Someone will come along to explain how he’s BOTH at once, but I think everyone gets my drift. The default take should be, “Dangerous as hell because they’re in a corner trying to survive and, like a lion, they have no morals.”
Sorry /u/Pratai@lemmy.ca, didn’t mean to unload on your post. Needed it off my chest. It’s just all so frustrating when it’s all so obvious.
And BTW, y’all are as distracted by the GOPs culture war as their voters are. Nothing matters, NOTHING, when they’re actively taking our votes away. We slam-dunk win ALL of these battles if we’re allowed to vote.
Yep. Pretty much. There is a clearly define deference between the politician’s agenda, and the voter’s agenda. And that difference is belief. The politician doesn’t believe the bullshit. They’re selling it for votes.
The voter DOES believe the bullshit. Any they’re clearly buying it for the promise of safety.